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or highflyer
as in powerhouse
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired
one of New York's largest law firms, it attracts highfliers looking for a big-time legal career
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Recent Examples of highflier
At first look, Biogen seems more like a plodding drugmaker than a pending highflier: The neurology specialist boasts a market cap of about $46 billion.
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Charley Grant, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2020
The bankruptcy follows that of another highflier in the U.S. oil patch, Whiting Petroleum Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 at the start of April after championing what was once the premiere U.S. shale field, the Bakken of North Dakota.
—David Wethe, Fortune, 29 June 2020
The Federal Reserve lent trillions of dollars to bail out Wall Street highfliers, hoping that by stabilizing big banks, the benefits would flow through to the rest of the economy.
—Sheila Bair For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 27 Mar. 2020
O’Neal continued, referring to the legendary former Nets and Philadelphia 76ers highflier Julius Erving.
—Marc Stein, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2020
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Charley Grant, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2020
The bankruptcy follows that of another highflier in the U.S. oil patch, Whiting Petroleum Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 at the start of April after championing what was once the premiere U.S. shale field, the Bakken of North Dakota.
—David Wethe, Fortune, 29 June 2020
The Federal Reserve lent trillions of dollars to bail out Wall Street highfliers, hoping that by stabilizing big banks, the benefits would flow through to the rest of the economy.
—Sheila Bair For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 27 Mar. 2020
O’Neal continued, referring to the legendary former Nets and Philadelphia 76ers highflier Julius Erving.
—Marc Stein, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highflier
Noun
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That’s helped the oil and gas powerhouse become the country’s biggest producer of wind and solar energy.—
Tony Schick,
ProPublica,
12 May 2025
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The Italian was appointed team principal of Benetton in 1988 and was instrumental in turning the team into one of the powerhouses of Formula 1, winning the drivers’ world titles with Michael Schumacher in 1994 and 1995.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Here’s hoping the two actors can help Russell recapture his touch with this story of a pool hustler and his prodigy.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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But no expansion teams are coming to take their place, no matter what the hustlers tell you.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2025
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